Improved feat-machine



I Z, LUDINGTON] PEAT MACHINE.

No 85,178. Patented Dec. 22, 1868.

ms Prrins co. PHOTILLTI'NQ. WASHINGTON. D. c.

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' ZALMON LU'DINGTON, 0F UNIONTO'WN, PENNSYLVANIA.

' LettersfatentNo. 85,178, dated December' 22, 186s.

IMPROVED PHAT-MACHINE. v v

The Schedule :efen'ed'to in these Letters Patent and'makinz nut of the same.

To all whom it may concern j Be it known that I, ZALMON, Lubiiierox, of Union town, Fayettc'county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement on Peat-Machines and I do hereby declare that. the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawhlgs, making part of this specification, offwhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation; v

fliiiigure 2, a horizontal section through the-line xx. 0 1

Figure 3, a vertical section-through line y y of fig. 1'.

"Like lettersrefer'to like parts inall the drawings; To-enable others-zto make' and use'my invention, 1 will proceedto describeits construction and operation. 1-.A'is a cylindrical case, attached tofthe chest B, and

secured to itby the braces to and a'.

O is ashafii; withladial crushing-arms, d d d and-g. .b b b are similar arms, secured to the inner circumference of the cylinder'A. I y

D'and-E' are bearings, supportingthe shaft 0 in a vertical-position r is a crank,.seeured to'theend of the shaft.

G is a connecting-rod, connecting the gate H with thecrank. 'K and K'are mouldblocks, rigidly connected to the gate .11 by .the'metal-plates I andI'.

J-and -J' are timbers, which provide-ways for the gate H," and'xform the chambers, L- and L, in the 0 and O are moulds, provided with handles, It It -.P P and P P are blocks, loosely fitted in the chambers L and L.

S and S are springs, fastened on the end ofthe B by the screws n a and Mn,

The operation ofthcvmachine is asfollowsz rotary motion (either h01'se,'o1"steam) being'applied to the shaftO, and. peat supplied to the machine. at the opening in the top ofthe cylinder A, the peat, in passing through the cylinder, is thoroughly ground by the. revolving arms dd cl and the stationary arms b b b. Upon reaching the bottom .of the cylinder, it comes in contact with the revolving an'ns g andg, and.

is forced, through the openings T and T, into the chambers L and L. The crank F, being secured to the lower 'extremity of theshaft C, fcvolveswith it, and trans-1 mits motiomthrough the connecting-rod G, to the gate which ingpaits motion to the mould-blocks K and Kj,il1ey being rigidlyconneeted to the gate by the metal plates I and I.

Witnesses The crank F notjonly gives the most desired motion to the nould-blocks K and K, but produces-an'im mense and increasing leverage as it nears the centres,

thus bringing themost powerful pressure to bear where it is most required.

:As'thejchainbers L and L are filled with peat fromthe cylinder A,- and the blocks K andiK being driven back and forth by the crank F, the moulds,0 and O are alternately filled with peat, and pressed intosolid square-blocks by the mould-blocks entering the moulds, 'as shown iii .fig. 2,in red outline, the solidityof the,

blocksiof peatb'eiugregulated by the strength-of the springsS-and S, which allow the moulds, with the blocksP P and P P, to be'forced back .when the press-- ure becomes too great. The elasticity of-these'springs .lso prevents-the possibilitv oftlie machines being strained or'broken.

themouldsare-filled, they are rempved'firom the machine by-tlieir handles, it Itand R It and empty .ones inserted.

As the mQuId-bIoQksK andjK enter the moulds,-' they arenot filled. flush with their edges, as in other machines, but there is a cavity left between the edges of the moulds. and the block ofv peat. This-greatly facilitates the emptying of the-mould, as the block of peat is 'ej,ected by gently-striking-the mould on the ground inanjinyerted position.

i To insure the emptying of the'mould, so as to pre- I serve thepeat in smooth, square,- solid'blocks, the moulds are constructed, ofsheet metaL-in a s'quarc for-1n, with the inner sidcs'made smooth,- and slightly taperinginward, to give thaught .to the-block of peat in leavingthem ould.

Having thus described, the construction and operation of .Inyinventi'on,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is--

-1. The arrangement-of the" gate H, secured." to the mould-blocksK K by metal plates I I, in combination with the moulds'O 0', blocks]? 1?, ahd springs'S S,

when operated, throughshatt G, by crankF and connecting-rod 3G, or their equivalents, suhstantiallygae and for the purpose setforth. r v

2. The blocks P I" and springs S S, in combination with the moulds O 0', blocks K K, and reciprocating gate H, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

' ZAIJMON LUDINGTON.

R. HUNTER Ramon,- MARSHALL N. LEWIS. 

